Photographer Credentials

Chris Walter Bechtold, a PPA Certified photographer, has over 25 years in the photography business. Chris earned the PPA Certified designation from the Professional Photographers of America in 2003.  He earned his certification after meeting rigorous requirements measuring his artistic, technical, ethical, and business competence.  The PPA Certified designation is held by fewer than 2,500 photographers worldwide.  Professional Photographers of America, a worldwide association, exists to assist its more than 14,000 members in achieving their professional, artistic and fraternal goals, promote public awareness of the profession, and to advance the making of images in all of its disciplines as an art, a science, and a visual recorder of history.